Colorado Ryan Quotes in Rio Bravo (1959)

John T. Chance: Got any new men with you, Pat?

Pat Wheeler: Nah, nobody 'cept Colorado, here.

John T. Chance: Where'd you take him on?

Pat Wheeler: Fort Worth

John T. Chance: What does he do?

Colorado Ryan: I speak English, sheriff. If you wanna ask me.

Pat Wheeler: I told him you were one of the best.

Colorado Ryan: Well, I'll tell you what I'm a lot better at, Mr. Wheeler... that's minding my own business.

Colorado Ryan: How'd you come out with Burdette?

John T. Chance: He wanted to talk to his brother.

Colorado Ryan: What'd he have to say?

John T. Chance: Nothing.

Colorado Ryan: You mean he didn't say anything?

John T. Chance: Why are you so interested?

Colorado Ryan: Because he's talkin' now. Hear that music? He told the man to play it.

John T. Chance: What is it?

Colorado Ryan: Well, they call it the "Degüello"... the cutthroat song. The Mexicans played it for those Texas boys when they had 'em bottled up in the Alamo.

John T. Chance: Yeah.

Colorado Ryan: Played it day and night 'til it was all over. Now do you know what he means by it?

John T. Chance: No quarter. No mercy for the loser.

Colorado Ryan: You'll be hearin' a lot of it.

John T. Chance: I guess we made him talk after all.